Winners and some new frames and fonts

I am knee deep in boxes! Anyone want to come over and help???

After running some errands with the hubby today, more packing, I was able to sit down and try my hand at something...making some chalk frames! 

Well, and another doodle frame:)

I don't know...not sure if I made the chalk frames right.I am really not in love with these as I want to be! 

What do you think?

I am debating on adding them to my store...

On another note, I made a new front! I need to get back into this!

If you have my fonts, I will be adding this to the bunch soon! Just make sure to go back and redownload! I plan on making some more this weekend!

Last but not least...my Attention Grabber Winners! 

I am talking to my best friend in the whole wide world, Lori, and I asked her to pick 3 numbers! 

So....here are the winners...

Deb

Suzy Q

Constance

Check your inbox:)

And for those of you that didn't get the attention grabbers...I am marking them on sale 20% off for two days! Snag em' up now while they are on sale:)

Back to work I go! Have a great night!

It's been a LONG week...but I have some more frames and fonts!

I think this has been the longest week I have had in a very LONG time:( I am GLAD it is Friday!I am about ready for bed but before I go, I want to share a few things!

First off, Wendy won my dot set of frames. I will be sending those to you shortly!

I have found that making frames and fonts this week has kinda helped with the stress! I think that is why I am such on a frame and font kick!

Here are some new frames I made today!

I also made two new fonts while I was waiting for my car to be done at the shop!

I will be uploading all of these to my stores tomorrow. I really can't keep my eyes open now:( I am that tired!

Leave a comment and I will pick 3 people to win this new set of frames!!!

Have a great Friday night! 

Rolling through reading genres and new fonts!

Before I begin...take a look at this picture I took yesterday from the airplane!

It's the view of Lake Michigan heading to Chicago! So so pretty! 

OK, so day one of being home from my vacation in Michigan and I have...

gone to the gym 

grocery shopped

done a load of laundry

organized my office

and

changed the sheets on two beds

I now have a chance to sit down and do some work. I didn't realize my pile is SO big! Ugh!  I realized I have nothing planned for next week, papers need to be graded, report cards need to be done, and new quarter 4 centers/projects need to be made!  This is going to be a very LONG weekend!

First off I made 3 new fonts! I have a few more in the works.

 I am adding them to my file in both of my stores! If you have purchased these fonts don't forget to go redownload them so you can get these new fonts! 

I am working on, and will finish this weekend a new unit! I bring you...

This unit will be my students new quarter 4 reading project. They will have reading responses to a variety of genres. I can't wait to see how this unit turns out!

Enjoy your Friday night! 

simplest form isn't so simple:( Fonts, and maybe a freebie???

Happy Tuesday! It has been a  rainy one over here in NC...I mean, rain ALL DAY. It hasn't stopped! I kinda want to crawl into bed and just watch TV! Maybe if I can accomplish a few things off my list for tonight I can do just that! 

I have been teaching fractions now for awhile. Just this past week I started teaching finding the simplest form! After yesterday, I wanted to pull my hair out! About 6 kids got it and the rest...ugh! These kids are really getting fractions too, but this part...not so much!

So today I tried more of a visual way! I used drawing out fact family trees and it really helped! Many kids, even the ones that really struggle with math finally got it! So today after work, while sitting at Starbucks (waiting for my cat to be ready at the vet-he had 7 teeth pulled today)  I made these posters to give them tomorrow!

I added some practice problems and there is my remediation group activity for tomorrow! 

Does anyone have a way they teach simplest form their kids? Leave a suggestion with your email and you might find yourself with a goodie in your mailbox;)

Another thing I have started working on is a new TV show theme set of fonts. If you can guess what this new TV show is, I will email you my font license for free! It is another favorite show of mine. It is still currently on and is in it's 9th season! 

And last but not least, don't forget about my sale and my mega 700 follower giveaway! The sale ends tomorrow night!

Here's to getting things accomplished tonight so I can relax!

Instant Data idea:) plus Font Friday

I tried something new today, and I have to say...I was very impressed! 

Last night I graded my students last math test and today I went over it with them. I cut this paper up I made and gave each student a strip.

As we went over each question, I had students color in the square if they had that question wrong. 

Once we were done with the test, I took each strip and taped them to a manilla folder.

INSTANT data!!! I did not have to plug numbers into a computer. I can clearly see that question 9 is one I really need to go over. I plan on the bottom writing the percentages. 

I showed this to my Principal and Instructional Facilitator and they both loved the idea. What do you think?

On another note, I said I would start a Font Friday! Well, it's Friday! I plan on adding these three fonts to my TpT and TN files this weekend.

     

Alright...I am back to the movie with my husband! I have a ton to do and get ready for my trip to Hawaii in a week and a half! I just wish he was going with me:(

Almost 700, FONTS, and Freebies

I can't believe I am almost to 700 followers! WOW! So, I have something planned to celebrate in just a few days, I am sure! Make sure to check it out soon! It will be a GREAT time to get some items from my store! Trust me:)

One of those items you can pick up will be my Font License! I have been making them like crazy (in the process of 3 more new ones) and I want to make them as reasonable as I can for you to use! If you use any of my fonts for personal or commercial items, make sure to go grab the license HERE. It is only $5 and this will cover ANY past, present, and future fonts I make. Just when you download, check back often here on my blog for any updates! And you can use the fonts on ANYTHING!

I am back to teaching cause and effect this week! They did such a great job with the Camilla Cream activity! I created this very simple, easy to use unit that you can project on the board to use to introduce cause and effect! 

You can get this HERE for free:) 

Something else my kiddos are working on this week is sequencing! So I also put together this unit last night! It has 18 pages of transition words, a single page with all 18 transition words-great for a notebook, a blank chart to write your own transition words, and a peanut butter and jelly sequencing writing activity. 

I am adding this unit to my TpT and TN stores tonight! But for the first 3 people to comment with their email I will give it to you for free:)

Hope you all have a great night! You have just a few more hours to enter the All You Need is Love Giveaway! 

Winner, More Fraction Task Cards, Fonts:)

I feel so much better today! Thank you all for your kind words. I took today off as my husband and I had to take our 3 cats to the vet. The process of getting them to Hawaii is a lot. They all had their blood work done today which has to be overtightened from NC to Hawaii! Let's just say, a trip today with all 3 of them in the car was NOTHING what it will be like from Raleigh to Seattle! That's going to be one longgggggggggggggggggg car ride!

The winner of my Editable Math Journals is....

Angela from Hippo Horray for Second Grade! 

Please email me so I can send you your unit!

Thank you ALL so much for the thoughtful comments about my math block! After much thought, I will work on compiling everything I can that I use for my math block into one unit pack and update my daily math notebook!

Continuing with the math theme. I just made this new Fraction and Lengths task cards unit! I am teaching this tomorrow and wanted some task cards to use!

There are a few posters to help teach the concept

 

Then I have 20 task cards to practice, plus a recording sheet

I am posting this to both of my stores tonight! But, I would like to give this unit away for the first 3 comments WITH your email!

And last, but not least...I have a few new fonts for you all! I really think I am getting good at this!

I used the TR Kripke in my new fraction unit above! I really like it!

You know the drill with the fonts:) 

Have a great night! 

 

Meet Carla, BAZINGA, Fractions, Character Traits, and Cause and Effect...

 LONG post...sorry!

So...went to the doctor this morning because I still was not feeling good. And well....I have strep:( YUCK! It turned in a matter of just a few minutes and my throat is as red as red can be! It's been really hard to eat today! Strep has also ruined my weekend plans! My hubby and I were looking forward in going out for dinner and drinks with some friends...so so mad! So instead, I have been home, napping, watching TV, and working on units and fonts. Hubby is also sleeping. It's been a quiet day!

So my other friend that I met with last weekend started her blog last night!!! I am SO excited for her. I have had the privilege of working on the same grade level with Carla for two years! She is an AMAZING teacher! She always has the funniest stories of what her kiddos say to her! 

You can check her new blog out at Don't Touch the Gong. There is a funny story behind her blog title! Maybe she will tell it one of these days!

Just like I did with my friend Jess, I will give YOU something for FREE if you...

1. follow her blog
2. leave a comment with a helpful hint and a link to a place she can get fonts, clipart or helpful ideas
3. comment on my blog with your email so I can send you something

If you do these 3 things, I will give you ANY one set of task cards from my shop...YOU pick! So go over there now:) I promise you, you won't be disappointed! 

Meet my new font...TR BAZINGA! 

I just had a blast making this font! I am making a list of characters from The Big Bang Theory or funny sayings to name my fonts! Anyone have a new idea for a name? So far some ideas I have are:

TR Soft Kitty

TR Howard's Mom

TR Justice League

TR Kripky

TR Flash

TR Leslie Winkle

TR Wil Wheaton

Just remember, if you use my fonts, you must give credit back to me!

Moving on:) 

(Can you tell I have been inside all day???)

We have been studying fractions and my kids just LOVE them! They can see I love teaching them so they are really getting it. This week we use Christina Brainbridge's Fraction Kites activity! I have done this now for 3 years! 

They turned out sooo cute!

Then we also worked on Character Traits and how they change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story! I used Lori's activity from Conversations in Literacy!

We read a story I printed out from Reading A-Z called Harold the Dummy. It was nice to print books out for each student. They were able to use a pencil to write down the character traits and then highlight in the book where they found the evidence! 

And last, we worked on Cause and Effect this week. Last year I found Amy Lemon's...side note...congrats on such a BEAUTIFUL baby girl, I LOVE your pictures... Camilla Cream from A Bad Case of Stripes activity...so.much.fun!

First we listened to the story for FREE on StoryOnline

We talked about cause and effects and how to find them in a story or a passage. The next day we listened to the story again only to pause it every time they heard a cause and effect. This is the list they came up with

Then they started to create their own sentence using signal words.

Next, they worked on their craft part!

And Finally...

I love it! 

OK, this post was seriously long enough! So sorry! I will be back tomorrow with my Math Journals and Math Block how to! 

I'm off to go eat some ice cream! See you tomorrow!